Scribd & Created By Humans Co-Founder, Trip Adler: How Can Creativity Thrive in the AI Era?
Welcome back to Giant Ideas! Today we are joined by Trip Adler, the Co-founder of Scribd - a company he co-founded with Jared Friedman, now Partner at Y Combinator. Scribd is a digital document library that hosts over 195 million documents, with billions of views a year.Today we talk about Trip’s next act: Created By Humans, where he is Co-Founder and CEO, on a huge mission to champion AI rights for authors. Giant proudly led the seed round of Created by Humans, and we invited Trip on to talk about this giant idea that affects so many people: how can creativity thrive in the AI era?In this episode, we talk about: what happens if we live in a world where only machines create art? Is AI the next IP frontier? We also talk about his early days pivoting at YC, why persistence matters, and the unusual way he earnt his first revenue…Building a purpose driven company? Read more about Giant Ventures at www.Giant.vc.Music credits: Bubble King written and produced by Cameron McLain and Stevan Cablayan aka Vector_XING. Please note: The content of this podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. It should not be considered financial, legal, or investment advice. Always consult a licensed professional before making any investment decisions.
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LinkedIn Co-Founder, Reid Hoffman: AI Will Give Us All Superpowers
Today on the podcast we are joined by tech titan Reid Hoffman. As the founder of LinkedIn, which Microsoft acquired for $26 billion, Reid is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in history.He broke through as a founding board member of PayPal, one of the so-called PayPal mafia alongside Elon Musk and Peter Thiel. Reid went on to become a legendary investor both as an angel and partner at Greylock. He invested in Facebook’s first round and led Airbnb’s Series A.Reid operates right at the cutting edge of AI. He was one of the first backers and board members of OpenAI. He’s also on the board of Microsoft, which did a $650M+ deal with Reid’s startup, Inflection AI. You’ll remember Inflection from our interview with Deepmind’s Mustafa Suleyman, Reid’s co-founder.Alongside all of this, Reid has forged a path as one of Silicon Valley’s public intellectuals. Following startup bibles like Blitzscaling, his latest book is "Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right With Our AI Future.” Welcome Reid!Building a purpose driven company? Read more about Giant Ventures at www.Giant.vc.Music credits: Bubble King written and produced by Cameron McLain and Stevan Cablayan aka Vector_XING. Please note: The content of this podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. It should not be considered financial, legal, or investment advice. Always consult a licensed professional before making any investment decisions.
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Why Success Is A Trap… And How to Achieve It: Philosopher & Author, Alain De Botton
Alain de Botton, philosopher, author, and founder of The School of Life, joins the Giant Ideas show today. The School of Life provides emotional education to help people lead more fulfilled lives.Alain is a world-renowned philosopher and public speaker, and has shaped much of the discourse of 21st century philosophy and emotional introspection. He is the author of over 20 books - from novels like Essays in Love, to non-fiction books like Religion for Atheists, Art as Therapy, and Status Anxiety. Today we’re talking about status and success - what is it? Why does it drive us? Can we be happy and want success? And is it ok to be... ordinary?Building a purpose driven company? Read more about Giant Ventures at www.Giant.vc.Music credits: Bubble King written and produced by Cameron McLain and Stevan Cablayan aka Vector_XING. Please note: The content of this podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. It should not be considered financial, legal, or investment advice. Always consult a licensed professional before making any investment decisions.
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World Leading Tech Analyst, Benedict Evans: Making Sense of AI
Welcome back! Today, we’re joined by one of the most insightful voices in tech - Benedict Evans, former Andreessen Horowitz partner and founder of Benedict's Newsletter. Over the last ten years, Benedict has independently predicted huge waves in tech, often before others. If you’ve followed the evolution of technology, it’s likely you’ve read his work. Benedict has spent 20 years analysing media and technology, and worked across equity research, strategy, consulting and venture capital. He’s now an independent analyst.His newsletter now attracts around 200,000 subscribers, he writes essays, creates annual presentations and writes a weekly column analysing the new questions and ideas shaping society and technology. In his newsletter he asks the questions: what matters in tech? What does it mean? And what will happen next? And that’s what we will talk about with him today - especially regarding AI, product strategy, and who is actually using which AI tools. Plus, we find out what led him to his career and what the parallels are between the emergence of the web and this new wave of technology.Building a purpose driven company? Read more about Giant Ventures at www.Giant.vc.Music credits: Bubble King written and produced by Cameron McLain and Stevan Cablayan aka Vector_XING. Please note: The content of this podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. It should not be considered financial, legal, or investment advice. Always consult a licensed professional before making any investment decisions.
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Girlboss and Nasty Gal Founder, Sophia Amoruso: The Post GirlBoss Era
Sophia Amoruso is the entrepreneur-turned-investor best known for founding the fashion e-commerce brand Nasty Gal and for coining the term “Girlboss”. She wrote the New York Times best-seller #Girlboss in 2014, which also got turned into a Netflix show. She lived the Girlboss dream herself: turning a humble eBay store that she started at age 22, into a company with hundreds of millions of dollars in sales by the age of just 29. She was on the cover of Forbes as one of the richest self-made women.But, later that same year in 2016, Nasty Gal would file for bankruptcy, selling for just $20 million. They had been unable to secure capital or a buyer as the gap between growth and profitability widened. Not deterred by Nasty Gal's bankruptcy, Amoruso applied her lessons and founded Girlboss Media, a digital media brand and community aimed at empowering female entrepreneurs.She’s since put her hand to new pursuits - from her mentorship business, to her latest focus - Trust Fund: an early-stage venture fund focused on pre-seed and seed stage companies. Today we talk about everything from the ‘death of the girlboss’, to whether female founders are treated differently in business.Building a purpose driven company? Read more about Giant Ventures at www.Giant.vc.Music credits: Bubble King written and produced by Cameron McLain and Stevan Cablayan aka Vector_XING. Please note: The content of this podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. It should not be considered financial, legal, or investment advice. Always consult a licensed professional before making any investment decisions.
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